Button



C. ILIGAN AND R. HESSEL.

BUTTON.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1920.

1,367,547; Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

Carl Ilz'ga/n UNITEI) iiiTATEE PATENT OFFEQE.

CARL ILIGAN, 033 EAST ELIYIHUES'I, AND RALPH HESSEL. OE HOLLIS, NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ETI'ITON.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

Application filed. June 9, 1920. Serial No. 387,536.

' in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Buttons, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

T his invention relates to buttons for use in connection with garments of various kinds and classes, such as coats, vests, tr0usore and the like; and the object thereof is to provide an improved button of this class which may be quickly and easily secured to garment of any kind or class without the use of a needle and thread: and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in a button or? the class specified, constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, including the accompanying drawing, in which the separate parts of our improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Figure l is a view showing our improved button in use;

F 2 a back iace View of the button;

Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing a modified form of the button; and,

Fig, 4 a section on the line ll of Fig. 3.

in the practice or our invention, we pro vide a garment button a comprising a main button member 0 provided at its back with central shank o the free end of which is provided at one side with a main projecting pointed prong a and at the opposite side and in the same plane as the prong a with a supplemental prong a which is shorter than the prong a.

T he prongs a and o are both curved inwardly slightly or made hook-shaped in form, and the prong a is preferably about half the length of the prong a or a little 1;:

over half the length. The button, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, may be made in any desired manner and of any preferred material, but in Figs. 8 and i is shown button. 6 stamped from sheet metal and comprising a main but ton member 5 having a shank b" provideda with prongs b and b, said shank and prongs being cut from the main part of the button as shown at b and bent into the desired position.

In Fig. 1 of the drawing, we have shown at c a piece of cloth and in applying the button or securing it to the cloth, the cloth is firmly held and the prong a and shank a of the button are passed through the cloth and moved or pressed in the direction of the arrow to. This operation elongates the hole in the cloth c through which the shank a and the prong a were passed, and when this is done the button is pressed against the cloth and turned in the direction of the arrow m and in this operation the shorter prong a passes through said elon ated hole, and when the pressure on the button is re leased the hole in the cloth closes up and the button is held as shown in Fig. 1.

.It will be understood that the views of the accompanying drawing are enlarged and the proportions of the parts of the button, in practice, are such that the prongs a and a will fit against the back of the goods and the button cannot be removed from the cloth or goods without tearing said cloth, or breaking the button, and in this way we provide a button which may be used in connection with garments of both men and women, and whi h may be easily secured in position without the use of a needle and thread, and which may be used whenever devices of this class are required.

It will also be understood that our inven-' tion is not limited to the comparative lengths of the prongs a and a", nor to the comparative lengths of said prongs and that of the shanks :1 nor to the material or size of the button, and changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. A button of the class described having shank provided at its end with an integral arc-shaped cross head and the ends oi said cross head being pointed to form prongs.

2. A button of the class des ribed having a shank provided at its end with an integral arc-shaped cross head and the ends of said cross head being pointed to form prongs, In testimony that we claim the foregoing and one of said prongs being longer than the as our invention We have signed our names other. in piesonee of the subscribing *itnesses this 3. A button 1of the ejlgass desfcriilaed com- 7th day of June 1920. 5 aoseci of a sin e )iece 0 metai as iionec. to A orm a shank (in-e end of which is a disk- IiIGAN' HAL HES EL,

shaped head member and at the other end of Which is 21 cross head member, and the ends Witnesse of said cross head. member being pointed to C. E. Ii IULREANY, 10 form prongs. THOMPSON. 

